All right, folks, since I've been kicking around this idea for a while, I figure now would be as good of a time as any to post about it. I'm wanting to start a comic mastercopy jam- in short, all participants would be asked to find the current artist of the week (or month, haven't decided yet) and do their best to emulate a single page or strip of their work, as well as engage in a group discussion picking apart the artist's style and technique. So far, I have a couple of artists that I feel would be great to study:
-Bill Watterson
-Akira Toriyama
-Eiichiro Oda
-Moebius
-Herge
-Will Eisner
-Jeff Smith
A mix of American, Euro, manga, and everything in between would be fantastic. The main purpose behind this jam is to expose yourself to a variety of different visual styles and also examine what sort of tricks the greats used for their own work that can be used independent of their 'look' (i.e. panel composition, lighting, rendering, anatomy, etc.).
I'd like to know who all would be interested in doing this, as well as what artists we should choose for our initial line-up. In my opinion, an artist of the week would allow for more variety, but doing it monthly would allow for a more in-depth analysis and also afford more time for those of us who are running hectic schedules. What say ye, Void? Are you up for the challenge?
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